[PATCH] [30/34] i386: convert the monitor thread to use the kthread API


From: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch just trivially replaces kernel_thread and daemonize with a
single call to kthread_run.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/mach-voyager/voyager_thread.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
#include <linux/kmod.h>
#include <linux/completion.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <asm/desc.h>
#include <asm/voyager.h>
#include <asm/vic.h>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ static __u8 set_timeout = 0;
static int __init
voyager_thread_start(void)
{
- if(kernel_thread(thread, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL) < 0) {
+ if (IS_ERR(kthread_run(thread, NULL, "%s", THREAD_NAME))) {
/* This is serious, but not fatal */
printk(KERN_ERR "Voyager: Failed to create system monitor thread!!!\n");
return 1;
@@ -123,8 +124,6 @@ thread(void *unused)

kvoyagerd_running = 1;

- daemonize(THREAD_NAME);
-
set_timeout = 0;

init_timer(&wakeup_timer);
-
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